Burnout symptom sub-types and cortisol profiles: What's burning most?

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-36

  Marchand, Alain ^a   Juster, Robert Paul ^b   Durand, Pierre ^a   Lupien, Sonia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Cortisol; Cortisol awakening response; Cynicism; Emotional exhaustion; Maslach Burnout Inventory; Professional inefficacy; Workplace stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CANADIAN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SHIFT WORKER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

BURNOUT; CORTISOL; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; CYNICISM; EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; PROFESSIONAL INEFFICACY; WORKPLACE STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893355307     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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